va

Noun
  1. A state in the eastern United States;
    One of the original 13 colonies;
    One of the Confederate States in the American Civil War (synset 109171719)
    domain member region:
    • battle of bull run, bull run - either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
    • chancellorsville - a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
    • battle of fredericksburg, fredericksburg - an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
    • petersburg, petersburg campaign - the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
    • battle of spotsylvania courthouse, spotsylvania - a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign
    • wilderness campaign - American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses
    • siege of yorktown, yorktown - in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
    • wilderness - a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • shenandoah national park - a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains
    • capital of virginia, richmond - capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
    • blacksburg - a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains
    • jamestown - a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
    • newport news - a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards
    • norfolk - port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy
    • lynchburg - a city in central Virginia
    • portsmouth - a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
    • roanoke - a city in southwestern Virginia
    • virginia beach - the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases
    • bull run - a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
    • chancellorsville - a village in northeastern Virginia
    • fredericksburg - a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River
    • petersburg - a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
    • spotsylvania - a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
    • yorktown - a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
    • mount vernon - the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river
    • alleghenies, allegheny mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
    • blue ridge, blue ridge mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
    • chesapeake bay - a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River
    • clinch river - a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River
    • elizabeth river - a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
    • hampton roads - a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
    • james, james river - a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
    • potomac, potomac river - a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
    • rappahannock, rappahannock river - a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region
    • shenandoah river - a river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry
    • shenandoah valley - a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • south - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
    same as: old dominion, old dominion state, va., virginia
  2. The United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans;
    Created in 1989 (synset 108161130)
    is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
    same as: department of veterans affairs

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